His new hobby, smoking cigarettes.

它的新嗜好，抽香烟。

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His new hobby, smoking cigarettes, has been kept on for a short time.

他的新嗜好，抽香烟，已经持续一阵子了。

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His new hobby is now debate and he hopes that he can impress the girl with his skills there, just as he did with his singing.

如今，他又新添了一个爱好——辩论。他希望自己的辩论技巧能令心上人刮目相看，就像他的演唱一样。

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Do you have any suggestions on how to encourage this new hobby of his without frustrating him?

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They speak his language: They talk of pushing through "the dip, " the period between starting a new venture or hobby and mastering it--the subject of a 96-page book by Godin in 2007.

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